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Rising Irish alt-folk star Anna Mieke weaves hypnotic strands of images into her songs

The singer-songwriter’s latest album has won her some high-profile accolades

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 11, 2023Anna Mieke, The Cobalt, Homepage feature

Tabla virtuoso Sandeep Das spreads hope with Delhi to Damascus

The artist’s HUM Ensemble traces connections between Hindu and Muslim musical traditions, with Persia as common ground

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2023Chan Centre, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, sitar, Sandeep Das, Persian

Vancouver Cantata Singers present Songbird at the ANNEX on February 25

Evening of choral music inspired by the imagery of birds includes works by Brahms and Sam Dabrusin

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 9, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Cantata Singers

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents Burnaby Lyric Opera in famous double bill from February 25 to March 4

Puccini’s comedic Gianni Schicchi pairs with Leoncavallo’s tragic Pagliacci

MUSIC, OPERAStir VancouverFebruary 9, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre

VSO presents Carl Orff's epic Carmina Burana on February 24 and 25 at the Orpheum

Celebrated Canadian soloists join the orchestra plus 150 choristers for the event

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 8, 2023Partner Content, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

A Midsummer Night's Dream's Spencer Britten forges a new path in opera

The rising tenor, a descendant of composer Benjamin Britten, has become a champion for diversity in the art form

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithFebruary 8, 2023Vancouver Opera, Spencer Britten, Benjamin Britten

Early Music Vancouver presents England's Consone Quartet, February 17 at Christ Church Cathedral

The appearance is part of the rising ensemble’s North American debut.

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 7, 2023Partner Content, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER

BlueShore at CapU presents Rahim AlHaj, Iraqi-American master of the oud, and his trio, at Mel Lehan Hall at St. James, February 17

AlHaj has performed hundreds of shows all over the world, released a string of albums for the Smithsonian Folkways label, and collaborated with artists such as R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, guitarist Bill Frisell, and the Kronos Quartet.

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 7, 2023Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU

Friends of Chamber Music present Takács Quartet on February 21

Upcoming concert at the Vancouver Playhouse marks a return engagement with an audience favourite

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 6, 2023Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music

Mon Dieu: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presents Edith Piaf Symphonique, February 10 and 11

Parsian actor-singer Nathalie Lermitte performs some of the legend’s greatest hits

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 6, 2023Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Trailblazing lesbian folk singer-songwriter Ferron plays the Shadbolt, February 10

Praised by the likes of Rolling Stone and The New York Times, the B.C. artist is still going strong after more than five decades in music

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 6, 2023Shadbolt Centre, Ferron, lesbian, folk

Chor Leoni sings in spring with PopCappella III

The choir breathes new life into top 40 favourites backed by a full band of Vancouver’s finest

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 2, 2023Partner Content

Vancouver artists nominated for 2023 Juno Awards include Suzie LeBlanc, Ruby Singh

Among the other local nominees are musica intima, Hard Rubber Orchestra, and Dan Mangan

Vancouver Bach Choir celebrates love's many forms in Behind the Keys

The intimate evening features Maestro Leslie Dala and special guest Isidora Nojkovic, cello

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 31, 2023Partner Content

Acclaimed countertenor Reginald Mobley finds his freedom in the higher registers of Baroque music

He bookends his Early Music Vancouver concert Raise, raise the voice with Purcell and Ellington

Vancouver Chamber Choir presents THE BAROQUE AFFECT, with music written between 1640 and 1740

The concert concludes the VCC’s 43rd annual Conductors’ Symposium, hosting choir directors from around the world

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 27, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Jazz @ The Bolt offers diverse, electrifying lineup for 2023

Cory Weeds teams up with Tim Reinert for a mini festival featuring revered New York City musicians, leading Canadian artists, standout up-and-comers, and more

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2023Jazz @ The Bolt, jazz, Cellar Music, Cory Weeds, Tim Reinert, Shadbolt Centre

Vancouver Folk Music Festival announces it's delaying AGM to try to save event

After groundswell of support, board pauses motion to dissolve organization, pursuing options to revive 45-year-old summer tradition

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 26, 2023Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Folk Festival

The Marrow builds hypnotic rhythms around Gord Grdina's love of the lute-like oud

Jazz improvisation meets historical Middle Eastern forms in group formed with percussionist Hamin Honari, cellist Hank Roberts, and bassist Mark Helias

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 24, 2023Gord Grdina, The Marrow, BlueShore at CapU